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North Pacific right whale in Half Moon Bay, California, 20 March 1982, photo by Jim Scarff. The right whales were first classified in the genus Balaena in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, who at the time considered all of the right whales (including the bowhead) as a single species. Through the 19th and 20th centuries, in fact, the family Balaenidae has ...
Like other right whales, the North Atlantic right whale, also known as the northern right whale or black right whale, [2] is readily distinguished from other cetaceans by the absence of a dorsal fin on its broad back, short, paddle-like pectoral flippers and a long arching mouth that begins above the eye. Its coloration is dark grey to black ...
Drone videos of gray whales off Oregon have revealed new details about how the marine mammals find food. The findings were described in studies this summer. Drone video of gray whales offers new ...
Sashimi of whale meat The fluke (oba) which are thinly sliced and rinsed (sarashi kujira). Topped with vinegar-miso sauce Whale bacon Whale bacon on pizza Icelandic fin whale meat on sale in Japan in 2010 A beluga whale is flensed in Buckland, Alaska in 2007, valued for its muktuk which is an important source of vitamin C in the diet of some ...
They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale. Right whales have rotund bodies with arching rostrums , V-shaped blowholes and dark gray or black skin. The most distinguishing feature of a right whale is the rough patches of skin on its head, which appear white due to parasitism by whale lice .
Only about 370 right whales remain, so every new calf is critical to the species’ survival, and scientists are always looking to learn more about where the whales go, the stressors and threats ...
The right whales are considered to be the 149th and 150th documented cases in the ongoing North Atlantic right whale Unusual Mortality Event (UME), which includes dead, seriously injured or health ...
The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale.It may be a member of the cetotheres, [5] a family of baleen whales which until 2012 were thought to be extinct; C. marginata has otherwise been considered the sole member of the family Neobalaenidae [6] and is the only member of the genus Caperea.